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10 - D1 athlete, IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO gold medals, Intel (top 10), Siemens National Winner/National Finalists, ISEF top 3 Grand Prize
9 - ISEF(1st places), Siemens Westinghouse (finalists), MOP, Intel Finalist, Presidential Scholar, Davidson Fellow
8 - TASP/RSI/NIH Research, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO national finalist, Siemens Semi-finalists/ISEF(2-4 places), Intel semifinalist, Scholastic Writing and Art, Running your own <em>successful</em> business
7 - Perfect SAT scores, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO semifinalist, Eagle Scout
6 - Selective summer programs or competitions, such as SSP, Clark Summer Program
5 - National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar AFTER Junior Year
4- Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, AP Scholar, some state awards (all-state music, etc), Science Olympiad state medals (depending on what state you’re from)
3 - All-County music, winning at local/regional science fairs
2 - Bank of America Awards, most local awards/trophies (art, music, community - although they will say something about your character), Essay Contests
1 - National Honor Society, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll
0 - Who’s Who, National Honor Roll
-1 -
-2 -
-3 -
-4 - School suspension
-5 -
-6 -
-7 - Crack cocaine dealer
-8 - Imprisonment
-9 -
-10 - Belonging to a species other than Homo sapiens
Hey, I’m not saying it shouldn’t be up there lol. I won Silver in Nationals last year but it never occured to me that it was a big deal. My school hadn’t even heard of it. Then again, my school probably hasn’t hear of 99% of the acronyms you have listed above, so I dunno.
Bah, National Honor Roll is only good for the scholarships…
0 - D1 athlete, IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO gold medals, Intel (top 10), Siemens National Winner/National Finalists, ISEF top 3 Grand Prize
9 - ISEF(1st places), Siemens Westinghouse (finalists), MOP, Intel Finalist, Presidential Scholar, Davidson Fellow
8 - TASP/RSI/NIH Research, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO national finalist, Siemens Semi-finalists/ISEF(2-4 places), Intel semifinalist, Scholastic Writing and Art, Running your own <em>successful</em> business
7 - Perfect SAT scores, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO semifinalist, Eagle Scout
6 - Selective summer programs or competitions, such as SSP, Clark Summer Program
5 - National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar AFTER Junior Year
4- Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, AP Scholar, some state awards (all-state music, etc), Science Olympiad state medals (depending on what state you’re from)
3 - All-County music, winning at local/regional science fairs
2 - Bank of America Awards, most local awards/trophies (art, music, community - although they will say something about your character), Essay Contests
1 - National Honor Society, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll
0 - Who’s Who, National Honor Roll
-1 -
-2 -robbing local stores
-3 -robbing local banks
-4 - School suspension
-5 -county jail
-6 - regional vandalism campaign
-7 - Crack cocaine dealer,
-8 - Imprisonment, regional drug dealer
-9 -national drug dealer, national vandalism campaign, 1st place on the HTBAC (How to be a criminal) Test.
-10 - Belonging to a species other than Homo sapiens, international drug dealer
excuse my satire
where would u guys rank getting jshs finalists and qualifying for nationals?
what about an international award?? i did an international bilingual speech contest, but it was in 8th grade. i competed against students from china, singapore, etc. would that make an impact on admissions or no??
Negative 1 could be “school drunk”. There was a kid in our grade who I swear drank beer for breakfast. The dude had a six pack seemingly every night and also stole boxed wine from an old folks home that he worked at all the time. Everyone called him “Beer” instead of his real name and even the teachers knew who “Beer” was. His actions showed–he made some of the stupidest moves around during school but he sure was funny. Plus, when sober, “Beer” was a pretty nice guy.
Would you guys think that governor’s school would go under the 6 category for selective summer programs?
yes ptang. i think that ssp has to be 7
what about TIP progams particularly field studies?
So if we were to miss the USABO semifinal cutoff by one point, could we put that on our app?
I think there’s a lot of other accomplishments that could go on the list, but might just clog it. For instance:
<ul>
<li>being a soloist with a large symphony orchestra</li>
<li>being published (whether creative writing or scientific)</li>
<li>becoming an accomplished artist (maybe having a joint gallery show?)</li>
<li>having a record deal</li>
<li>rising actor/actress at a playhouse</li>
</ul>
just… putting out some ideas that might not have specific “awards” attached to them, but I doubt anyone would claim that, for example, publishing a novel would not be considered significant.
and aren’t TIP programs just like CTY?
10 - D1 athlete, IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO gold medals, Intel (top 10), Siemens National Winner/National Finalists, ISEF top 3 Grand Prize
9 - ISEF(1st places), Siemens Westinghouse (finalists), MOP, Intel Finalist, Presidential Scholar, Davidson Fellow
8 - TASP/RSI/NIH Research, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO national finalist, Siemens Semi-finalists/ISEF(2-4 places), Intel semifinalist, Scholastic Writing and Art, Running your own <em>successful</em> business
7 - Perfect SAT scores, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO semifinalist, Eagle Scout, being a URM
6 - Selective summer programs or competitions, such as SSP, Clark Summer Program
5 - National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar AFTER Junior Year
4- Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, AP Scholar, some state awards (all-state music, etc), Science Olympiad state medals (depending on what state you’re from)
3 - All-County music, winning at local/regional science fairs
2 - Bank of America Awards, most local awards/trophies (art, music, community - although they will say something about your character), Essay Contests
1 - National Honor Society, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll
0 - Who’s Who, National Honor Roll
-1 -
-2 -
-3 -
-4 - School suspension
-5 -
-6 -
-7 - Crack cocaine dealer
-8 - Imprisonment
-9 -
-10 - Belonging to a species other than Homo sapiens
I don’t know, belonging to a species other than Homo sapiens might give you an edge… URM, baby =)
Simply doing NIH research isn’t on par with going to RSI. You have to actually get something big, and very few do. Also, there’s no such designation as USAMO semifinalist.
10 - D1 athlete, IMO/IPHO/ICHO/IBO gold medals, Intel (top 10), Siemens National Winner/National Finalists, ISEF top 3 Grand Prize
9 - ISEF(1st places), Siemens Westinghouse (finalists), MOP, Intel Finalist, Presidential Scholar, Davidson Fellow
8 - TASP/RSI/NIH Research, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO national finalist, Siemens Semi-finalists/ISEF(2-4 places), Intel semifinalist, Scholastic Writing and Art, Running your own <em>successful</em> business
7 - Perfect SAT scores, USPhO/USChO/USABO/USAMO/USACO semifinalist, Eagle Scout, being a URM
6 - Selective summer programs or competitions, such as SSP, Clark Summer Program
5 - National Latin Convention 1st Places Academic Contests, All-Eastern/all-regional music, National Merit Finalist, National AP Scholar AFTER Junior Year
4- Perfect Score (Multiple Years) on National Latin Exam, or other languages, AP Scholar, some state awards (all-state music, etc depending on what state you’re from), Science Olympiad state medals (depending on what state you’re from)
3 - All-County music, winning/placing at local/regional science fairs
2 - Bank of America Awards, most local awards/trophies (art, music, community - although they will say something about your character), Essay Contests
1 - National Honor Society, Beta Club, School Departmental Awards, School Honor Roll
0 - Who’s Who, National Honor Roll
-1 -
-2 -
-3 -
-4 - School suspension
-5 -
-6 -
-7 - Crack cocaine dealer
-8 - Imprisonment
-9 -
-10 - Belonging to a species other than Homo sapiens
Oh yeah-- so would science olympiad medals mean more if you’re from a competitive state like NJ or NY?
+100 - Belonging to a species other than Homo sapiens
Where you place getting published?
Presidential Scholar is NOT a 9. At best, it’s right there at number 7 because Presidential Scholar is basically equivalent to perfect test scores.
It also depends on the school. TASP is certainly more appealing to some schools than others.